Sebastian

374 00:35:55,916 --> 00:35:58,125 Erm... But I'm interviewing Bret. 375 00:35:58,291 --> 00:36:01,375 No. James is taking care of Bret. 376 00:36:01,541 --> 00:36:03,833 But erm... Max is like an expert. 377 00:36:04,083 --> 00:36:06,166 He was here on Friday for the LLF meeting 378 00:36:06,416 --> 00:36:07,500 and has prepared for it. 379 00:36:11,833 --> 00:36:13,541 But that's not even our section. 380 00:36:13,708 --> 00:36:17,333 What makes the existence of this magazine possible? 381 00:36:17,500 --> 00:36:19,833 Do you think literature pays for itself? 382 00:36:20,416 --> 00:36:23,250 And please hurry up with the Slimani review. 383 00:36:23,416 --> 00:36:25,750 It should've gone up by now. 384 00:36:28,166 --> 00:36:30,250 I know, it's fucked up. 385 00:36:30,625 --> 00:36:34,500 But... why didn't you come in on Friday? 386 00:36:35,875 --> 00:36:37,666 I told you. 387 00:36:37,833 --> 00:36:40,708 I hooked up with someone and I fell asleep at their place. 388 00:36:44,375 --> 00:36:48,875 You know, I really could've used your feedback on my pages. 389 00:36:51,541 --> 00:36:54,375 Fuck, erm... 390 00:36:55,541 --> 00:36:58,916 I'm sorry. I'll look at them tonight. I promise. 391 00:36:59,166 --> 00:37:03,166 I've already submitted it. The deadline was yesterday? 392 00:37:10,416 --> 00:37:12,291 ...intuitive interface, 393 00:37:12,458 --> 00:37:15,208 so all you'll be doing is swiping left or right, 394 00:37:15,375 --> 00:37:17,500 which I'm sure you can all manage. 395 00:37:17,666 --> 00:37:20,083 This time the best part is that you won't even have 396 00:37:20,250 --> 00:37:22,541 to take an awkward stranger out for a drink. 397 00:37:24,291 --> 00:37:27,875 Now, we have spots in our software 398 00:37:28,041 --> 00:37:31,250 where you can share ideas, brainstorm, 399 00:37:31,416 --> 00:37:35,000 make parking lots for your research and development... 400 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:53,166 So this is Max from Wall Magazine. 401 00:37:53,333 --> 00:37:54,666 Joan, our Head Developer. 402 00:37:54,833 --> 00:37:56,250 Pleasure to meet you, Max. - Hi. 403 00:37:56,416 --> 00:37:58,583 Shall we sit down over here? 404 00:37:58,750 --> 00:38:00,166 Yeah. 405 00:38:00,333 --> 00:38:01,791 Where do we begin? 406 00:38:02,041 --> 00:38:04,250 Has anybody demonstrated to you how the app works? 407 00:38:04,500 --> 00:38:05,958 Yeah, they have. 408 00:38:06,125 --> 00:38:08,916 I can tell you more about the development process 409 00:38:09,083 --> 00:38:13,208 or how we came about our user interface, or the design. 410 00:38:18,625 --> 00:38:21,041 Actually, I think erm... 411 00:38:21,208 --> 00:38:23,125 I've got enough. 412 00:38:23,291 --> 00:38:26,166 Oh no, you really want to talk to Joan about this. 413 00:38:26,333 --> 00:38:28,166 She pretty much spearheaded the project. 414 00:38:28,333 --> 00:38:29,916 It's not necessary. The presentation 415 00:38:30,166 --> 00:38:33,583 covered everything, so... I'm gonna have to be off. 416 00:38:34,041 --> 00:38:35,166 Thank you so much. 417 00:38:35,833 --> 00:38:37,458 No. I'm sorry. We're not done here. 418 00:38:37,708 --> 00:38:39,791 Joan needs to be a part of this piece. 419 00:39:03,041 --> 00:39:05,208 Did you find your way here okay? 420 00:39:05,375 --> 00:39:08,208 Yeah. No problems. 421 00:39:08,375 --> 00:39:12,250 I know it can be a little unintuitive from the station. 422 00:39:12,666 --> 00:39:14,833 Where did you say you live again? 423 00:39:15,416 --> 00:39:17,916 In Hackney. - Oh right, yes. 424 00:39:18,083 --> 00:39:20,250 Hackney has really come up, hasn't it? 425 00:39:20,500 --> 00:39:22,583 It wasn't that long ago no one wanted to go near it, 426 00:39:22,833 --> 00:39:24,166 let alone live there. 427 00:39:24,708 --> 00:39:29,750 I remember when it was just gangs and drug dealers and... 428 00:39:32,583 --> 00:39:33,958 Can I offer you a drink? 429 00:39:34,625 --> 00:39:38,000 I've opened some Primitivo. 430 00:39:40,875 --> 00:39:43,708 I'm grateful to have had my career when I did. 431 00:39:43,958 --> 00:39:47,708 Starting out in the seventies was an absolute joy. 432 00:39:48,250 --> 00:39:50,791 Tertiary education was free. 433 00:39:50,958 --> 00:39:54,833 The pursuit of knowledge was regarded as an end in itself. 434 00:39:56,250 --> 00:40:00,166 Speaking with post-doctorates now, 435 00:40:00,333 --> 00:40:03,250 the situation seems just dire. 436 00:40:03,416 --> 00:40:06,166 I don't know how they manage to cope with all that... 437 00:40:06,333 --> 00:40:08,625 uncertainty and debt. 438 00:40:14,916 --> 00:40:17,916 You're erm... studying, aren't you? 439 00:40:20,958 --> 00:40:23,083 I thought your profile mentioned that. 440 00:40:26,291 --> 00:40:28,333 Yeah, erm... 441 00:40:28,583 --> 00:40:32,000 I'm doing my masters. - Oh, what in? 442 00:40:33,291 --> 00:40:35,458 French literature. 443 00:40:35,708 --> 00:40:37,125 That's wonderful. 444 00:40:37,291 --> 00:40:40,583 I used to lecture in comparative literature.